Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-605 - Unemployed Parents in a Two-parent Household (TPEP)

A. An assistance unit with a needy child deprived of parental support because the primary wage-earning parent (PWEP) is unemployed shall receive CA through the Two-parent Employment Program (TPEP) if the assistance unit meets the eligibility criteria listed in R6-12-609, R6-12-610, R6-12-611, and all other applicable CA eligibility criteria.

B. The child's mother and father shall both reside with the child.

C. Neither parent shall have a physical or mental defect, illness, or impairment that:

1. Substantially decreases or eliminates the parent's ability to support or care for the child, and

2. Is expected to last for a minimum of 30 continuous days.

D. The PWEP shall not refuse a bona fide offer of employment or training for employment without good cause, within 30 days prior to application. Good cause for refusal is limited to the following circumstances:

1. The offered wage was less than minimum wage;

2. The parent lacked the physical or mental ability to do the work;

3. The parent's lack of public or private transportation prevented the parent from reporting to the job;

4. The parent lacked suitable day care;

5. The parent was personally providing care for a child under the age of 2 at the time of the refusal;

6. The working conditions would involve undue risk to the parent's health or safety;

7. The work lacked workers' compensation protection;

8. The commuting time to and from work would normally exceed two hours, round trip;

9. The parent could not accept the job due to illness of the parent or another family member;

10. The offered position was vacant due to a labor strike or lockout;

11. The parent was incarcerated or making a required court appearance;

12. Inclement weather prevented the parent from accepting the job or reporting for work; or

13. The parent was laid off but is expected to return to the prior place of employment within 30 days of the date of the job offer.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-12-605

Adopted effective November 9, 1995 (Supp. 95-4). Amended effective July 31, 1997, under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 (Supp. 97-3). Section repealed; new R6-12-605 renumbered from R6-12-609 and amended by exempt rulemaking at 16 A.A.R. 1141, effective July 1, 2010 (Supp. 10-2).

The following Section was amended under an exemption from the provisions of A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6, pursuant to Laws 1997, Ch. 300, § 74 (A). Exemption from A.R.S. Title 41, Chapter 6 means the Department did not submit notice of proposed rulemaking to the Secretary of State for publication in the Arizona Administrative Register; the Department did not submit these rules to the Governor's Regulatory Review Council for review and approval; and the Department was not required to hold public hearings on this Section.